Yes, you can. However, the ESSR (that's the European Union, for those in Rio Linda) has very stringent rules about non-visa holders, i.e. tourists, which you would be classed, staying in France, or generally anywhere else in the ESSR, for long consecutive periods.
Get a copy of Bob Bauman's "The Passport Book" for all the pertinent rules.
31 posted on 06/12/2012 7:09:54 AM PDT by SAJ
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